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DAVID & GOLIATH 



IRutb, H Bible Heroine 



AND OTHER 
STORIES 





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TOLD IN THE LANGUAGE 
OF CHILDHOOD 



BY 



Josephine 
Pollara 



Author of BIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE; HISTORY OF THE OLD 
TESTAMENT; HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; BIBLE 
STORIES FOR CHILDREN; THE GOOD SAMARITAN ; THE STORY 
OF JESUS; GOD MADE THE WORLD; THE BOYHOOD OF JESUS ; 
SWEET STORIES OF GOD; etc., etc. «««««««««««« 



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Ruth, 

A BIBLE HEROINE 



RUTH, A BIBLE HEROINE 



While Is-ra-el was ruled by a judge whose name 
has not come down to us, a dearth came on the land 
of Ca-naan. And one of the Jews who dwelt in 
Beth-le-hem, took his wife and his two sons and 
went to stay for a while in the land of Mo-ab. His 
wife's name was Na-o-mi. The man died while 
they were in Mo-ab, and in a few years each of the 
sons took him a wife. And their names were Or-pah 
and Ruth. At the end of ten years the sons died, 
and Na-o-mi and their wives dwelt in the land of 
Mo-ab. 

When Na-o-mi heard there was no lack of food 
in Is-ra-el, she made up her mind to go back to 
Beth-le-hem to live. 

She told Or-pah and Ruth of her plan, and said 
if they choose to stay in the land of Mo-ab, where they 
were born, they might do so. 

And they kissed her and wept and said they 
would go with her. But she bade them stay where 
they were, and at last Or-pah, with tears in her eyes, 



Ruth. 



kissed Na-o-mi good-bye and went back to her own 

home. But Ruth would not leave her. She told 

Na-o-mi not to 

urge her to go, 

for nought but 

death should 

part them. 

So they went 
to the town of 
Beth-le-hem 
where Na-o-mi 
used to live. 

It was the 
days when the 
grain was ripe 
in the fields, and 
the men had 
gone out to cut 
it down. 

And Na-o- 
mi had a kins- 
man in Beth-le- 
hem, whose 
name was Bo-az, 

and he was a rich and great man. And Ruth said 
to Na-o-mi, Let me now go to the fields and glean 
the ears of corn. 




RUTH AND NA-O-MI. 



History of the Old Testament, 



was 
rich 

saw 
the 



To glean Is to pick up. And poor folks, who 
had no fields of their own, went to pick up that which 
was left on the ground for them. 

And Na-o-mitold 
Ruth to go. And 
she went out and came 
to the field that 
owned by the 
man, Bo-az. 

When Bo-az 
Ruth he asked 
men who she was, and 
where she came from. 
And one of them said, 
She came with Na-o- 
mi from the land of 
Mo-ab. And she 
said to us, I pray you 
let me glean where 
the field has been 
reaped. And we 
told her she might, 
and she has been 




RUTH. 



there for some hours. Then Bo-az went to Ruth. 

So she went out each day to his field, and gleaned 
there till the grain was all cut and in the barns. 

Na-o-mi said to Ruth, Bo-az will win-now the 



Ruth. 



bar-ley to-night. To win-now is to fan, or to drive 

off by means of a wind. The grain was first threshed, 

then thrown 

from the hands 

up in the air. 

The wind 

would blow off 

the chaff and 

the good grain 

would fall to 

the ground. 

N a-o-m i 
told Ruth to go 
in and speak 
to Bo-az the 
things she told 
her. So Ruth 
did as Na-o-mi 
said, and went 
down to the 
fields where 
Bo-az and his 
men were. 

When she 

came back to Na-o-mi she told her all that she had 
said and done. 

The next day Bo-az went down to the gate of 




BO-AZ AND RUTH. 



History of the Old Testament. 

Beth-le-hem, and told all the chief men whom he 
met there that he meant to make Ruth his wife. 
And the men said they would make it known, and 
prayed the Lord would bless Ruth and add to the 
fame and wealth of the rich and great Bo-az. 

So Bo-az took Ruth for his wife. And they had 
a son O-bed. And Na-o-mi was its nurse. 



JOB 



There was a man in the land of Uz whose name 
was Job. He was a good man and tried to do all 
that was right in the sight of the Lord. And God 
gave him ten chil-dren : sev-en boys and three girls. 
He gave Job great wealth, too, so that there was no 
man in all that part of the world as rich as he was. 

When Job's sons were grown up and had homes 
of their own, they used to make feasts in turn, and 
send for their three sis-ters to come and eat and drink 
with them. And Job kept them in mind of all they 
owed to God, and urged them to lead good and true 
lives, and to do no wrong. 

When Job had lived at his ease and been a rich 
man for a long term of years, a great change took 



Job. 

place. He lost all his wealth, and all his chil-dren; 
for it was God's will to try him and see how he 
would bear these ills. 

One day one of his men came to him in great 
haste, and said, While we were in the field with the 
ploughs, a band of thieves came and drove off the ox- 
en and ass-es and slew thy men who were with them, 
and I a-lone am left to tell thee. 

While this man spoke, there came up one who 
said, A great fire has come down from the sky and 
burnt up thy sheep, and all those who took care of 
them, and I a-lone am left to tell thee. 

While he yet spoke, a third man came and said, 
Thy foes came and took all thy cam-els, and slew 
the men who had charge of them, and I a-lone am 
left to tell thee. 

Then a fourth came, and said. Thy chil-dren 
were at a feast in the house of thy first-born son, 
when there came a great wind that broke down the 
house, and it fell on the young men and they are 
all dead, and I a-lone am left to tell thee. 

When Job heard these things he tore his clothes, 
and bowed down to the earth, as if at the feet of God. 
And he said, I had nought when I came in-to the 
world, and I shall have nought when I die and go 
out of it. God gave me all that I had, and God 
took it from me. He knows what is best for me; 



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and I thank him for all that he has done. So Job 
did not sin, nor speak ill of God, though his grief 
was so great and had come uo-on him in such a 
strange, swift way. 

To try Job still more, God let him get sick and 
he was in great pain. Boils came on him and from 
head to foot he was a mass of sores. 

Then his wife came to Job and said, Dost thou 
still trust God? Do so no more, but curse him, 
though he kill thee for it. 

Job said, Thou dost not speak wise words. 
When we have so much good from God, shall we 
not be con-tent to take our share of the ills he may 
send? In all this Job said not a word that was wrong. 

Now Job had three friends, who, when they 
heard of his hard lot, came to talk with him and cheer 
him. But when they saw him, the change was so 
great they did not know him. 

Then they rent their clothes and wept, and sat 
down on the ground near him, but did not speak for 
some time, for they could see that his grief was great. 
These friends thought that Job must have done some 
great sin, else these ills would not have been sent 
upon him. When they spoke to him they said, If 
thou hast done wrong, do so no more, and God will 
free thee from thy pains. 

Now Job knew that he had done no wrong, 




JOB, AND HIS FRIENDS. 



History of the Old Testament, 

and he said to them, You came to soothe me, but 
what you say does not soothe me at all. Did I send 
for you, or ask you to help me ? If you were in such 
grief as I am, I might say hard things of you and 
call you bad men. But I would not do so; but 
would speak kind words to you, and try to help you 
bear your ills, and to make your grief less. 

Then Job spoke of his own griefs, and said: O, 
that the Lord would put me to death that I might 
suf-fer no more. When I lie down at night I can- 
not sleep, but toss on my bed in pain and wish the 
day would dawn. Or, if I fall a-sleep for a while, I 
have the worst kind of dreams, so that I would be 
glad to die and wake no more in this world, O, that 
I had some one to speak to God for me, for he does 
not hear when I pray. Yet I know that he lives who 
will save my soul, and that he will come on the earth, 
and I shall rise up from my grave and see God 
for my-self. 

But when Job found that he could not die, nor 
be made well, but must still bear his pains, he grew 
cross, and was not at all like the Job of old. He 
found fault, and said that his griefs were to9 great, 
and that God was not kind to put him in such pain. 

His three friends did not try to calm him, or to 
cheer him with the hope that his woes would soon 
be at an end, nor did they bid him trust in God and 



Job. 

seek help and strength from him. But they told him 
that he must have done some great wrong, else God 
would not have sent all these ills upon him. 

This did not please Job, and he spoke to them in 
great wrath, and they spoke back in the same style. 

When they had talked in this way for some time, 
and had each of them said things they ought not to 
have said, they heard a voice speak to them out of a 
whirl-wind that swept by the place. It was the voice 
of God. 

And the voice spoke to Job and told him of the 
great works that God had done ; that it was he who 
made the earth, the sea, and the sky. He sends the 
rain on the field to make the grass grow and the flow- 
ers to spring up. He sends the cold and the heat, 
the frost and the snow, and the ice that stops the flow 
of the streams. He sends the clouds, and the roar 
and the flash that come from them when the storms 
rage. He made the horse that is so swift and strong, 
and has no fear in time of war, but will rush in-to the 
fight at the sound of the trump. 

All this and more the voice spoke from the whirl- 
wind. And when God had told Job of all these 
great works, he asked him if he could do these things, 
or if he thought he was so wise that he could teach 
God what it was best to do. 

Then Job saw what a sin it was to find fault with 



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God. And he was full of shame, and said: My 
guilt is great ; I spoke of that of which I knew naught, 
and I bow down in the dust before thee. 

God said to Job's three friends, I am wroth with 
you, for you did not speak in the right way to Job. 
Now, lest I pun-ish you, take sev-en young bulls and 
sev-en rams and burn them on the al-tar, and ask Job 
to pray for you, for him will I hear. So they did as 
the Lord told them, and Job prayed for them, and 
God for-gave them their sins. 

In a short time Job was well once more. His 
pains all left him ; and then his friends and all his 
folks came to see him and they had a good feast. 
And each man brought him a rich gift, and the Lord 
blest him more than he had done before, and gave 
him twice as much wealth. He had great herds of 
sheep, and cam-els, and ox-en and ass-es, and large 
fields for them to roam in, and a host of men to care 
for them. So that he was a great man once more. 

And God gave him ten chil-dren: sev-en boys 
and three girls. And when these girls grew up, 
there were no maids in all the land so fair as they in 
face and form. And Job had great peace of mind, 
and dwelt at his ease for long, long years ; and when 
he died he was an old, old man. 



SAMUEL, THE CHILD OF GOD 



There was a man of Is-ra-el who went up each 
year from the town of 
Ra-mah to a place called 
Shi-loh to pay his vows 
to the Lord of hosts. 
And his wife, whose 
name was Han-nah, 
went with him. The 
man's name was El-ka- 
nah. 

E-li was the high- 
priest at that time, and 
as he sat in the Lord's 
house he saw Han-nah 
on her knees with her 
eyes full of tears. 

And he spoke to her 
in a kind voice, and said : 
May God grant thee 
what thou dost ask of 
him. And Han-nah was glad at the high-priest's 
words, for she had asked God to give her a son. 

Y. F. B.— lo 




SAM-U-EL. 



History of the Old Testament, 

And the Lord gave Han-nah a son, and she 
called his name Sam-u-el, which means ''Asked of 
the Lord." 

Sam-u-el was quite young when Han-nah took 
him up to the house of the Lord at Shi-loh. And 
when they brought the child to E-li, Han-nah said, 
I am the wo-man that stood by thee here and prayed 
to the Lord. For this child did I pray, and the 
Lord heard me and gave me what I asked for. So 
I have brought him to the Lord ; so long as he lives 
shall he be the child of God. For this was the vow 
she made if God would give her a son. 

And Sam-u-el was left to stay with E-li in the 
Lord's house. 

Now E-li had two sons, and they were priests in 
the Lord's house. But they were not fit for the 
place, for they were bad men, and broke God's laws. 
And by their sins they kept men from the house of 
the Lord. 

But Sam-u-el, though a young child, did what was 
right and pleased the Lord. And his moth-er made 
him a coat, and brought it to him each year when 
she and her hus-band went up to Shi-loh. And E-li 
spoke kind words to them, and asked the Lord to 
bless them for the sake of the child whom they gave 
to him. 

Now E-li was an old man, and when he heard 



Samuel, the Child of God, 



of all the things his sons had done, he did not drive 
them out of the Lord's house as he should have done, 
but let them go on in their sins. He cared more to 
please his sons than he 
did to please the Lord. 

One night when E-li 
and Sam-u-el lay down to 
sleep, the child heard a 
voice speak his name. 
And he said, Here am L 
And he got up and ran 
to E-li, for he thought it 
was his voice, and he said, 
Here am I, for thou did'st 
call me. 

E-li said, I did not call 
thee, my son. Go back, 
and lie down. And the 
lad did so. 

In a short time he 
heard the same voice say, 
Sam-u-el — Sam-u-el. 

And he rose at once 
and went to E-li, and said 
to him. Here am I, for thou did'st call me. But 
E-li said, I did not call thee, and sent the lad back 
to his bed once more. 




HAN-NAH PRE-SENTS SAM-U-EL TO E-LI. 



History of the Old Testament. 

Then Sam-u-el heard the voice a third time, and 
went to E-h and said, Here am I, for thou did'st 
call me. 

And E-li knew it was the Lord who spoke to 
Sam-u-el. And he said to the lad, Go, lie down, and 
if he call thee, say. Speak, Lord, for I hear thee. 

And Sam-u-el went and lay down. And the 
Lord came for the fourth time, and called, Sam-u-el 
— Sam-u-el ! 

And Sam-u-el said, Speak, Lord, for I hear thee. 

And the Lord told Sam-u-el all that he meant to 
do to the house of E-li. He had let his sons go on 
in their sins, and they were to be put to death in a 
way that would make men fear God. 

Sam-u-el lay still till day-light. Then he rose, 
but did not dare to tell E-li what God had told him. 

But E-li called him and said. What did the Lord 
say to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me. 

So Sam-u-el told E-li all that the Lord had said. 
When E-li heard it, he said. It is the Lord, let him 
do what he thinks is best. 

And Sam-u-el grew, and the Lord was with him 
and blest him, and it was known to all that he was 
one of God's saints, who could fore-tell things that 
were to take place. Such wise men were some-times 
called seers. 

The words which God spoke to Sam-u-el came 



Samnel, the Child of God, 

true; for the chil-dren of Is-ra-el went out to fight 
the Phil-is-tines, and a host of them were slain. 

Those who came back said, Let us take the ark 
out with us to save us from our foes. 




CAP-TURE OF THE ARK. 



Now God had not told them to take the ark, and 
it was a sin for them to touch it. They should have 
put their trust in the Lord, and looked to him for help^ 



History of the Old Testament, 

But they sent to Shi-loh for the ark, and E-li's 
two sons came with it. When it was brought to the 
camp the Jews gave such a shout that the earth shook 
with the noise. 

And when the Phil-is-tines heard it, they said. 
What does it mean ? And they were told that the ark 
of the Lord had been brought to the camp of Is-ra-el. 

And they were in great fear; for they said, God 
is come to the camp ! Woe un-to us, for this is the 
first time such a thing has been done ! 

And they said, Let us be strong and fight Hke 
men, that we may not be slaves to these Jews! 

So they fought once more with the Jews, and 
slew a host of them, and the rest fled to their tents. 
And the ark of the Lord fell in-to the hands of the 
foe, and E-li's two sons were slain. 

And the same day a man ran down to Shi-loh, 
with his clothes rent, and bits of earth on his head to 
show his grief. 

E-li sat on a seat by the way-side, where he kept 
watch, for he was in great fear lest harm should come 
to the ark of God. And when the man came through 
the crowd and told that the ark was lost, all cried out 
with great fear. And when E-li heard the noise, he 
said. What is it? What do those sounds mean? 
For his eyes were dim with age, and he could not see. 

And the man ran up to E-li and said, I am he 



Samuel, the Child of God, 

that came out of the fight, and I fled from there 
to-day. 

And E"H said, What word hast thou, my son? 




THE RE-TURN OF THE ARK. 



And he said that Is-ra-el had been put to flight 
with great loss, his two sons were dead, and the ark 
of God in the hands of the Phil-is-tines. 

When the man spoke of the ark of God, E-H fell off 



History of the Old Testament, 

the seat by the side of the gate, and broke his neck, 
and died there. And he had been a high priest and 
a judge in Is-ra-el for two-score years. 

And the ark of God was with the Phil-is-tines 
for more than half the year, and to each place where 
it was sent it brought great grief. 

So at last they sent for their wise men, and said 
to them, What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? 
To what place shall we send it? 

And the wise men told them to make a new cart, 
and tie two cows to it, but to bring the calves home 
with them. Then they should put the ark on the 
cart, and let the cows draw it where they would. 

If the cows should leave their calves and go down 
to the land of Is-ra-el, it would be a sign that the 
Lord was their guide, and that he had sent these ills 
on the Phil-is-tines for their great sins. 

But if the cows did not take the ark, it would 
show that the Lord did not want it back, and that 
all these ills they had to bear had come by chance, 
and were not sent from the Lord. 

So the Phil-is-tines did as their wise men said. 
They took the two cows and tied them to the cart, 
and shut up their calves at home. And they laid 
the ark on the cart, and let the cows go where they 
chose. 

And the cows took the straight road to the land 



Samuel, the Man of God, 

of Is-ra-el till they came to a place called Beth-she- 
mesh. 

The Jews who dwelt there were out in the wheat 
fields. And the cows brought the cart to the fields of 
a man named Josh-u-a, and stood there by a great 
stone. 

Then some of the men of Le-vi came and took 
the ark and set it on the stone. And they broke up 
the cart, and burnt the cows as a gift of praise to 
the Lord. 



SAMUEL, THE MAN OF GOD 



When E-li died, Sam-u-el was made a judge in 
Is-ra-el. And he went from place to place to teach 
men the law. And as the ark had not been brought 
back to Shi-loh, Sam-u-el built an al-tar in his own 
house and served God there. 

The chil-dren of Is-ra-el set up strange gods, and 
the Phil-is-tines went to war with them. And Sam- 
u-el told them to give up their false gods and serve 
the Lord, and he would save them from their foes. 
And they did so. And he said, Come up to Miz- 
peh, and I will pray to the Lord for you. 



History of the Old Testament, 

And they came to Miz-peh, and gave their hearts 
to the Lord, and were in grief for their sins. 

And when the Phil-is-tines heard they were at 
Miz-peh, they went up to fight them. And the 
chil-dren of Is-ra-el were in great fear, and Sam-u-el 
plead for them, and when the fight came on the Lord 
sent a fierce storm that put the Phil-is-tines to flight, 
and they fled from the field with great loss. 

And Sam-u-el set up a stone at Miz-peh, and gave 
it the name of Eb-en-e-zer — '*The Stone of Help.'' 

When Sam-u-el was an old man he set his two 
sons to judge Is-ra-el. But his sons were not just 
men, and did not rule as their fath-er had done. If 
a man did wrong, they would say it was right if he 
paid them for it. And the wise men came to Sam- 
u-el, and said to him, As thou art old, and thy sons 
walk not in thy ways, make us a king to judge us. 

Sam-u-el felt hurt when they asked him to choose 
a king, and asked the Lord to tell him what to do. 

And the Lord told Sam-u-el to choose a king 
for them. 

Now there was a man whose name was Kish, 
and he had a son whose name was Saul, a tall young 
man of fine form and good looks. 

And the ass-es of Kish were lost. And he said 
to Saul, his son. Take one of the men with you, and 
go find the ass-es. 



Samuel, the Man of God. 



And they went a long way and could not find 
them. And Saul said to the man with him, Come, 
let us go back, lest my fath-er think we are lost. 



THE STONE OF HELP. 



And the man said to Saul, There is a man of 
God here, and what he says is sure to come to pass. 
It may be that he can tell us what we ought to do 



History of the Old Testament, 

Saul said, Thy word is good; come, let us go. 
And they went to the town where Sam-u-el, the man 
of God, was. And they met him on their way. 

And the Lord made it known to Sam-u-el that 
this was the man he should choose to reign in Is-ra-el. 

And Saul drew near to Sam-u-el, and said. Tell 
me, I pray thee, where the seer s house is. 

And Sam-u-el said, I am the seer; and the ass-es 
that were lost are found. And he took Saul and his 
man to his own house, and made them spend the 
night there. 

The next day Sam-u-el took Saul to the roof of 
his house, and had a talk with him. 

Then they went out on the street, and as they 
drew near the gate of the town, Sam-u-el said to Saul, 
Bid thy man pass on, but do thou stand still for a 
while, that I may show thee the word of God. 

Then Sam-u-el took a horn of oil and poured it 
on Saul's head. 

This was done when a man was made a high- 
priest ; and the same thing was done when he was 
made a king. And God was pleased with Saul, and 
gave him a new heart ; but as yet none but these two 
knew that Saul was to be King of the Jews. 

Sam-u-el spoke to the chil-dren of Is-ra-el and 
told them once more all that the Lord had done for 
them, how he had brought them out of the land of 



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E-gypt, and set them free from their foes, and yet 
they would not serve the Lord, but cried out for a 
king. So he bade them all go up to Miz-peh that 
the Lord might choose them a king. 

And the 
Lord chose 
Saul. Butwhen 
the men went 
to seek for him, 
they could not 
find him. And 
the Lord said, 
He hath hid in 
the midst of the 
stuff. And they 
ran and brought 
him out, and he 
was so tall that 
all the rest had 
to look up to 
him. 

And Sam- 
u-el said. This 
is he whom the Lord hath sent to rule thee. There 
is none like him, as thou canst see. 

And they all cried out, God save the king! 
Then Sam-u-el told them what they were to do, 




SAUL IN HIS HID-ING PLACE. 



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and how the king was to rule, and wrote it down in 
a book. 

When Saul had been king for two years, he set 
out with his son, Jon-a-than, to fight the Phil-is-tines. 
And a great host went with them. And the Phil- 
is-tines had more men than they could count. And 
when the Jews saw the strength of their foes, they 
were in great fear, and ran and hid in caves and pits,, 
or fled to the high hills where the rocks would screen 
them. So there were but few left to go out with 
Saul, and they shook with dread. 

And Saul came to Gil-gal, where he was to meet 
Sam-u-el, but he was not there. Sam-u-el had told 
him to wait for him, and he would tell him what he 
was to do. 

But at the end of a week Saul had the flesh 
brought to him and laid on the stone, and he set fire 
to it, that the flame might rise to God and bring 
peace to the land. And as soon as Saul had done 
this thing, Sam-u-el came. And Saul went out ta 
meet him, that he might bless him. 

And Sam-u-el said, What hast thou done ? 

And Saul told of the strait he was in, and that 
the Phil-is-tines were near in great force, and said 
that when Sam-u-el did not come he felt that he must 
send up a plea to God for aid in this hour. 

Sam-u-el told him that he had done wrong- 



Samuel, the Man of God. 

When the Lord told him to wait, he should wait. 
And now his reign would be a short one, and God 
would choose a new king to take his place. 

In those days men fought with bows and ar-rows. 
And while the Jews were held as slaves by the 
Phil-is-tines they would not let them have swords or 
spears, lest they should rise up and kill them. 

And they sent all the smiths out of the land, lest 
they should make these things for the chil-dren of 
Is-ra-el. 

So when they went out to fight none of them had 
a sword or a spear but Saul and his son. 

In those days men wore coats of mail, and bore 
a shield with them so as to ward off the darts. These 
shields were made of a thick piece of wood, on which 
the skin of an ox was stretched when dried. 

Jon-a-than, Saul's son, wore a coat of mail, and 
had a man to bear his spear and his shield when he 
did not care to use them. And he said to his man. 
Come, let us go to the camp of the Phil-is-tines. For 
it may be that the Lord will help us. 

And the man said he would go. 

Jon-a-than said this should be their sign : They 
would go where the foe could see them, and if they 
said, Wait there till I come to you, they would know 
the Lord did not mean to help them. But if the 
Phil-is-tines s^aid, Come up to us and we will show 



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you some-thing, they would go up, for the Lord 
would be with them. 

So Jon-a-than and his man stood out where the 
foe could see them. And the Phil-is-tines made 
sport of them, and cried out, Come up to us, and we 
will shew you some-thing. 

And the two went up the rocks on their hands 
and feet, and fought with the Phil-is-tines, and slew 
a score of them. And the Lord shook the earth, so 
that the Phil-is-tines were in great fear. 

Now Saul and the men who were with him did 
not know what his son had done. But his watch- 
man, who was on the look-out, saw that there was a 
fight in the camp of the Phil-is-tines, and told Saul 
of it. 

And Saul and his men went to join in the fight. 
And all those who had hid in caves and holes, or up 
on the mount, when they heard that the Phil-is-tines 
had fled, went with Saul, and Is-ra-el won the day. 

But Saul did not de-sire to please the Lord in all 
things. For when the Lord sent him out to fight 
King A-gag, he told Saul to wipe him and all he had 
from the face of the earth. But Saul kept back some 
of the spoils, the best of the sheep and lambs, and 
did not put the king to death as he should have done. 

And the Lord told Sam-u-el that Saul was not 
a good king, and his reign should be short. 



Samuel, the Man of God. 

And it made Sam-u-el sad to hear this, and he 

prayed to God all night. Then he had a talk with 

Saul, who did not 

look at his sins in 

the right light. And 

Sam-u-el told him 

that his reign as 

king would soon be 

at an end. 

God told Sam- 
u-el not to mourn 

for Saul, but to go 

down to Beth-le- 

hem, to the house 
of a man named 
Jes-se, one of whose 
sons was to be made 
king. And the Lord 
said he was not to 
look for one with a 
fine face or form. For 
the Lord sees not as 
man sees, and he 
looks on the heart. 

So he went down to Beth-le-hem, and did as the 
Lord told him. And Jes-se had his sev-en sons 
pass one by one before Sam-u-el. And Sam-u-el 

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DA-VID A-NOINT-ED BY SAM-U-EL. 



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thought that the first-born must be the one whom 
God chose to be king. But the Lord told him he 
was not the one. And they all went by, and not 
one of them was the one on whom God had set his 
seal. 

And Sam-u-el said to Jes-se, Are these all thy 
sons? 

And Jes-se said, No there is yet one left; but he 
is quite a lad, and is now in the field where he cares 
for the sheep. 

And Sam-u-el told Jes-se to send for him at 
once. And Jes-se sent for him, and he was 
brought in, and his cheeks were red, and his eyes 
bright. And the Lord said to Sam-u-el, Rise — for 
this is he. 

And Sam-u-el rose, and took the horn of oil and 
poured it on the young man's head. So the Lord 
chose Da-vid to be king when Saul should be put 
out of the way. 

And Da-vid felt a great change in his heart, for 
the Lord was there to make him strong and wise, 
and fit for the high place he was to fill. 

But there was no peace in SauFs heart, and his 
mind was ill at ease. 

And his men said it might soothe him to have 
some one play on the harp. For sweet sounds will 
some-times calm the mind. 



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So Saul said, Find a man who can play well on 
the harp, and bring him to me. 

And one of them said that he knew such a man. 
He was the son of Jes-se, who dwelt at Beth-le-hem, 
and his name was Da-vid. 

And Saul sent men to Jes-se and told him to 
send Da-vid, his son, who kept the sheep. 

And Da-vid came to Saul, and stayed with him 
to wait on him. And when Saul was sad and ill at 
ease, Da-vid would take his harp and play for him, 
and he would soon be well. 



DAVID AND SAUL 



While Saul was yet king, the Phil-is-tines came 
forth once more to fight the chil-dren of Is-ra-el. 
And Saul and his men went out to meet them. 
There were two high hills on each side of a deep 
vale, and from these two hills the foe-men fought. 

The Phil-is-tines had on their side a man who 
was more than ten feet high. He wore a coat of 
mail, and was bound with brass from head to foot, so 
that no sword or spear could wound him. 

And he cried out to Saul's men, Choose a man 



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from your midst and let him come down to me. If 
he can fight with me and kill me, then we will be 
your slaves. But if I kill him then you must serve 
us. I dare you to send a man to fight with me. 

When Saul and his men heard these words they 
were in great fear, for there was no one in their ranks 
who would dare fight with such a gi-ant. 

And each morn and eve, for more than a month, 
this great man, whose name was Go-li-ath, drew near 
Saul and his troops and dared them to send a man 
out to fight him. 

Now when the war broke out three of Jes-se's 
sons went with Saul, but Da-vid went back to Beth- 
le-hem to feed sheep. 

And Jes-se said to Da-vid, Take this parched 
corn and these ten loaves of bread, and run down to 
camp and bring me back word how thy broth-ers 
are. 

And Da-vid rose up the next morn, and found 
some one to take care of his sheep, and went as his 
fath-er told him. 

And he came to the camp just as the men were 
on their way to the fight, and the air was filled with 
their shouts. 

And he left the goods he had brought in the care 
of a man, and ran in the midst of the troops, and 
$poke to his three broth-ers. 



David and Saul. 



And while he stood there, Go-li-ath came out 
from the ranks of the Phil-is-tines, and dared some 
one to fight with him. 

And Da-vid heard his words. And the men of 
Is-ra-el fled from 
his face. And Da- 
vid heard them 
speak of what would 
be done to the man 
who should kill 
him; for the king 
would give him 
great wealth, and 
set him in a high 
place. 

And Da-vid 
spoke to the men 
near him, and made 
use of strong words. 

And his broth- 
ers told him to go 

home and take care of his sheep, for it was just a 
trick of his to come up to camp that he might see 
the fight. 

Da-vid said, I have done no wrong? and the men 
to whom he spoke went and told Saul what he had 
said. And Saul sent for him, but did not know 




DA-VID BE-FORE SAUL. 



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that he was the same one who used to play on the 
harp for him. 

And Da-vid told Saul he would go out and fight 
the great man from Gath. And Saul said, Thou 
art but a youth, and he has been a man of war all 
his days. 

Then Da-vid told Saul how he had fought with 
and slain the wild beasts that came out of the woods 
to eat up the lambs of his flock. And, said he, this 
man is no more than a wild beast, and the Lord will 
save me from him as he did from the paw of the li-on 
and the bear. 

And Saul said, Go, and the Lord go with thee. 
And Saul put on him a coat of mail, and clothed 
him in brass from head to foot, and hung a sword at 
his side. But Da-vid took them all off, and said, I 
have not tried them, and can-not use them. 

And he took his staff in his hand, and chose five 
smooth stones from the brook and put them in a bag 
that he wore. And his sling was in his hand when 
he drew near to Go-li-ath. 

Go-li-ath came near to Da-vid, and when he saw 
what a youth he was, he drew up his head with 
great scorn. 

Da-vid ran to meet him, and put his hand in his 
bag and drew forth a stone, and slung it, and struck 
Go-li-ath on the fore-head with such force that the 




DA-VID WITH GO-LI-ATh's HEAD. 



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stone sank in through the bone and he fell on his 
face to the earth. 

Then Da-vid ran and stood on Go-li-ath, and 
drew his sword from its sheath, and slew him and 
cut off his head. 

And when the Phil-is-tines saw that the man 
in whom they had put their trust was dead they fled. 

And Da-vid came back from the fight with the 
head of Go-li-ath in his hand, and was brought to 
Saul. 

And Saul would not let Da-vid go back to his own 
home, but made him stay with him. And Jon-a- 
than fell in love with him, and to show his love, took 
off all the rich clothes he had on and put them on 
Da-vid, and gave him his sword, his bow, and his 
belt. And Da-vid did as Saul told him, and all who 
saw him were pleased with him, and Saul put him 
at the head of his men of war. 

But when King Saul and his men went through 
the towns on their way back from the fight, the folks 
came out and sang and danced to praise them for 
what they had done. 

But they said more in praise of Da-vid than of 
Saul, and when Saul heard it he was wroth, and from 
that day ceased to be Da-vid's friend. 

The next day Da-vid stood near Saul with his 
harp in his hand to play him some sweet tunes. 



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And Saul held a spear in his hand, and he cast it 

at Da-vid so that it would go through him and pin 

him to the wall. 

But Da-vid saw it 

and took a step one 

side, and it did him 

no harm. 

Twice was this 
done, and when 
Saul found that he 
could not hurt Da- 
vid, he was in great 
fear of him, for he 
knew the Lord was 
with him. So he 
drove Da-vid from 
his house, and sent 
men to lay in wait 
to kill him. 

But Da-vid fled 
from them and ran 
to the place where 
Jon-a-than was, 
and said to him, .on-a-than and ba-vi. 

What have I done that the king seeks my life? 

Now Jon-a-than did not know that the king meant 
to kill Da-vid, so he said to him. Thou shalt not die. 




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My fath-er would have told me if he meant to kill 
thee. But Da-vid said it was true. 

The next day was to be a feast day, and the 
king would look for Dav-id to come and eat with 
him. But Da-vid was in such fear of Saul that he 
did not care to go, and begged Jon-a-than to let him 
hide him-self for three days. If the king asks where 
I am, said Da-vid, tell him that thou did'st give me 
leave to go home. 

Jon-a-than told Da-vid that at the end of the three 
days he should come and hide in the field near a rock 
that was there. And Jon-a-than said he would shoot 
three ar-rows as if he took aim at a mark. And he 
would send a lad out to pick them up. And if he 
said to the lad. Go, find them, they are on this 
side of thee, then Da-vid might know that all was at 
peace and the king would do him no harm. But if 
he should cry out that the darts were be-yond the lad, 
then Da-vid would know that he must flee, for the 
king meant to do him harm. 

So Da-vid hid him-self in the field ; and when 
the feast day came Saul sat down to eat with his back 
to the wall. And he saw that Da-vid was not in his 
place, but said not a word. The next day when he 
found Da-vid was not in his place, Saul said to his 
son. Why comes not Da-vid to eat these two days? 

Jon-a-than said that Da-vid plead so hard for 



David and SauL 



leave to go home to his own folks, that he had told 
him to go, and that was why he was not at the feast. 

Then Saul was 
in a great rage, 
and said to his 
son. As long as 
Da-vid lives thou 
canst not be a 
king. Send for 
him, and bring 
him here that he 
may be put to 
death. 

And Jon-a- 
than said, Why 
should he be 
slain ? What hath 
he done ? 

Saul threw 
his spear at Jon- 
a-than. And the 
young man knew 
by this that the 

1 V 1 Ml JON-A-THAN SHOOT-ING THE AR-ROWS. 

kmg meant to kill 

Da-vid. So the next morn the king s son went out 
to the field, and took a lad with him. And he said, 
Run now, and pick up the ar-rows that I shoot 




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And as he ran, Jon-a-than sent a dart o'er his 
head ; and when the lad came to the place where it 
fell, the king's son cried out, It is be-yond thee. 
Make haste, and stay not. 

Da-vid heard these words and knew that he must 
flee, for if Saul caught him he would kill him. 

The lad brought the darts to Jon-a-than, and did 
not know why the king's son had shot them and called 
out to him as he did. And Jon-a-than gave him his 
bow and ar-rows, and sent him back to town with 
them. 

As soon as the lad was gone, Da-vid came out 
from the place where he was hid, and fell on his face 
to the ground, and bowed three times. Then he 
rose and threw his arms round Jon-a-than's neck^ 
and the two friends wept as if their hearts would break. 

Then Da-vid fled from Saul, and hid in the woods 
and caves. 

Saul went out with a large force of men to seek 
Da-vid on the rocks where the wild goats fed. 
And Saul came to a cave, and went in to lie down 
and rest. 

Da-vid and his men were in the cave, but Saul 
could not see them. And the men wished to kill 
Saul; but Da-vid would not let them. While he 
was there Da-vid stole up to Saul and cut off' a piece 
of his robe. And Saul did not know it. 



Hisk)ry of the Old Testament, 

When Saul went out of the cave, Da-vid went 
out af-ter him and cried out, My lord and my king ! 

And when Saul looked back, Da-vid bowed down 
to him with his face to the earth. And he told Saul 
to pay no heed to those who said he meant to harm 
the king. For if he had sought to kill Saul he might 
have done so that day while he was in the cave. 
And Da-vid showed Saul the piece of his robe he 
had cut off. 

And some bade me kill thee, said Da-vid, but I 
would not, for thou art my lord and my king. Then 
Da-vid held up the piece of cloth he had cut from 
Saul's robe, and said, Since I was so near thee as 
to cut this off and did not kill thee, thou may'st know 
that I have no wish to harm thee. Yet thou dost 
hunt for me to kill me. Let the Lord judge 'twixt 
thee and me, and save me from thy hand, and save 
thee as he will, for I will not harm thee. 

When Saul heard Da-vid speak thus, all hate 
went out of his heart, and he wept as he said, Thou 
hast done good to me for the wrongs I did thee, and 
may the Lord bless thee for it. Now I know that 
thou wilt some day be the king of Is-ra-el. 

And Saul went home, and Da-vid and his men 
went back to the cave. 

But Da-vid knew that he could not trust Saul, so 
he fled to the land of the Phil-is-tines, and he 



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and his men dwelt there in the town of Gath for 
the space of a year and four months. 

While he was 
there, the Phil-is-tines 
went out to fight with 
Saul once more, and 
when he saw what a 
host of them there 
was, his heart shook 
with fear. He asked 
the Lord what he 
should do, but the 
Lord did not come 
to him in dreams, or 
speak one word to him. 

S a m - u - e 1 was 
dead, and the Lord 
had said it was a sin 
to go to a witch, or a 
seer, to find out the 
things that would 
take place, and Saul 
had sent all these 
folks out of the land. 

But now he was in such a strait that he felt he 
must have help of some sort. And one of his men 
told him there was at En-dor a witch who could work 




DA-VID TAKES GO-LI-ATH's SWORD. 



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strange charms, and fore-tell what was to take place. 
So the king drest him-self so that he would not be 
known, and went at night with two of his men to see 
the witch of En-dor. And he said to her, Bring me 
up him whom I shall name to thee. 

And the witch said to him. Dost thou not know 
that Saul has sent all those that work charms out of 
the land ? And why dost thou set a snare for my 
life, so that I will be put to death } 

And Saul said. As the Lord lives there shall nc 
harm come to thee for this thing. 

Then the witch said. Whom shall I bring up to 
thee? And he said, Bring me Sam-u-el. 

So the witch made strange signs and spoke strange 
words, and swept her wand round and round. And 
when she saw the form of Sam-u-el rise up, she cried 
with a loud voice. Why did'st thou not tell me the 
truth ? for thou art Saul ! 

And the king said, Have no fear. What did'st 
thou see? 

And the witch said, I saw an old man with a 
cloak round him. 

And Saul knew it was Sam-u-el, and bowed his 
face to the ground. And Sam-u-el said, Why hast 
thou brought me up? And Saul told him that he 
was in a great strait, that God had left him, and did 
not come to him in dreams or by the hand of wise 




Y. F. B.— 12 



David and Saul, 

men, and he thought that Sam-u-el might tell him 
what to do. 

Sam-u-el said, Why then dost thou ask of me if 
the Lord hath left thee? He hath done to thee just 
as he said he would. Thy reign is at an end, and 
Da-vid shall rule in thy stead. And he told Saul 
that the next day he and his sons would be dead, 
and Is-ra-el in the hands of the foes. 

When Saul heard these words he fell down in a 
swoon, for he had had no food for a day and a night. 

And the witch brought bread and bade him eat, 
that he might have strength to go on his way. And 
Saul and his men ate of the food, and went their way 
that night. 

Now the lords of the Phil-is-tines brought all 
their troops to a place called A-phek. And the king 
of Gath went there, and took Da-vid and his men 
with him. But the lords of the Phil-is-tines would 
not have the Jews in their midst lest they should turn 
on them and give them in-to the hands of king Saul. 

So Da-vid and his men had to leave the camp, 
and the Phil-is-tines went out to fight, and the men 
of Is-ra-el fled from them with great Toss. The king s 
three sons were slain, and an ar-row struck Saul and 
gave him a bad wound. 

And Saul said to the man who bore his shield, 
Draw thy sword and put me to death. But the man 



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did not dare to kill his king. So Saul took his own 
sword and fell on it, and thus died by his own hand. 
And when the man saw that Saul was dead, he fell 
on his sword and died with him. 

And when it was known that Saul and his sons 
were dead, the Jews fled from that part of the land, 
and the Phil-is-tines went to live there. 

In the course of a few years Da-vid was made 
king of Is-ra-el, and then went to live at Je-ru-sa-lem< 
He went to war, and took spoils of rich kings, and 
the Lord was with him, for he sought to do that 
which was right and just. 

Da-vid had two sons : Sol-o-mon and Ab-sa-lom. 

And in all the land there was no man with such 
a fine face and form as Ab-sa-lom, and he won much 
praise for his good looks. And he had a thick 
growth of long hair. But Ab-sa-lom had a bad 
heart, and his sins made Da-vid weep. But he did 
not scold Ab-sa-lom as he should have done, for the 
king was fond of his son, and so Ab-sa-lom went on 
from bad to worse. 

He told what he would do when he was king, 
and made friends with those who thought it a fine 
thing to be on good terms with the king's son. 

When he was two-score years of age, Ab-sa-lom 
said to the king. Let me, I pray thee, go up to Heb- 
ron to pay my vows. 



David and Saul. 



And Da-vid told him to go. But it was not to 
serve the Lord that Ab-sa-lom went, but to have 
him-self made king 
in-stead of Da-vid. 
And he took ten score 
men with him, who 
did not know why or 
where they went, and 
sent spies all through 
the land to speak in 
his praise and urge 
that he be made king. 

And when Da-vid 
heard of it he said to 
his men. Rise, let us 
flee from this place, 
lest Ab-sa-lom come 
and put us to death. 

And they all fled 
from J e-ru-sa-lem, and 
went to hide in some 
lone place. And 
when Ab-sa-lom came 
to Je-ru-sa-lem he 
went to one of Da-vid's friends and asked him what 
he should do to be made king. A-hith-o-phel, who 
had once been a friend of Da-vid, and had now gone 




DA-VID FOR-GIV-ING AB-SA-LOM. 



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With the king s .^on, had said that he would go out 
with a large force and come up with Da-vid when he 
was weak and faint, so that he would be in a great 
fright. Those who were with Da-vid would flee, 
and he would soon put the king to death. Then, of 
course, Ab-sa-lom would be king. 

But Ab-sa-lom would not do this till he had heard 
what Hu-sha-i said. Now Hu-sha-i was a true friend 
of Da-vid, and he told Ab-sa-lom to take more men 
than A-hith-o-phel had said, for he thought that 
would give Da-vid a chance to get out of the way. 
And Hu-sha-i sent two young men to teil Da-vid not 
to stop on the plains that night, but to cross the Jor- 
dan, lest he and all who were with him should be 
put to death. 

But a boy saw the two sons of the high-priest who 
were on their way to Da-vid, and went and told Ab- 
sa-lom. And the priest's sons ran to a house near 
by, and hid in the well. And the woman who kept 
the house spread corn on top so that no one could 
see that a well was there. 

And when Ab-sa-lom's men came up and asked 
the wo-man where the priest's sons were, she said 
they had gone on past the brook Ked-ron. And 
when the two could not be found the men went back. 

Then the priest's sons came up out of the well, 
and made haste to give to Da-vid the word that Hu- 



David and Saul, 



sha-i had sent. And at dawn Da-vid and all his 
men crossed the Jor-dan. 

As soon as Ab-sa-lom had all the men he thought 
he would need, he set out to fight with Da-vid. And 
Da-vid drew up his men in line, and put Jo-ab at 
their head. And the king 
said, I will go out with 
you. But the men said 
he should not; so Da-vid 
staid by the gate and saw 
them go out to the fight, 
and bade them be kind to 
Ab-sa-lom for his sake. 

The fight took place in 
a wood. Ab-sa-lom rode 
on a mule, and as the mule 
passed 'neath a great oak, 
Ab-sa-lom's head caught 
in a branch, and he hung 
in mid air, while the mule 
went off down the road. 

And a man saw it and told Jo-ab. And Jo-ab 
said, Why did'st thou not kill him ? And the man 
said he would not kill the king s son, for he had heard 
Da-vid ask them to be kind to him. 

But Jo-ab said, I can-not waste time with thee. 
And he took three darts in his hand and thrust them 




THE DEATH OF AB-SA-LOM. 



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througn Ab-sa-lom, so that he died. And he was 
thrown in-to a pit that was in the wood, and a great 
heap of stones was piled on him. And all the men 

who had been with 
him went back to 
their tents. 

Da-vid sat in 
the gate, and when 
men came back 
with news of the 
fight, he would ask 
of each one, Is 
Ab-sa-lom safe? 
And at last one of 
them said, May all 
the king s foes be 
as this young man 
is. Then Da-vid 
knew that Ab-sa- 
lom was dead, and 
he went to his own 
room and wept. 

And he cried 
out with a loud 
voice, O, my son, Ab-sa-lom ; my son, my son Ab- 
sa-lom ! I would that God had let me die in thy 
stead, O, Ab-sa-lom, my son, my son ! 




DA-VlD HEAR-ING OF AB-SA-LOM's DEATH. 



Solomon, the Wise Man, 

Da-vid was king for two-score years, and was an 
old man when he died and had hosts of friends. 
And when he felt that his death was near, he bade 
his men take Sol-o-mon to a place called Gi-hon, and 
pour oil on his head. Then they were to blow the 
horn and cry out, God save King Sol-o-mon. 

And this was done ; and when Da-vid died, Sol- 
o-mon sat on his throne and ruled Is-ra-el. 



SOLOMON, THE WISE MAN 



SoL-o-MON gave his heart to God when he was 
young, and tried to lead a good life, and to do no 
wrong. And God spoke to him in a dream one 
night and said. Ask what I shall give thee. 

And Sol-o-mon said, Grant me, I pray thee a 
wise mind that I may know right from wrong, and 
judge well those who look up to me as their king. 

This speech pleased the Lord, and he said, Since 
thou didst not ask me for great wealth, or for long 
life, or that thy foes might be put to death, I will 
make thee wise, and will give thee both great wealth 
and a long life if thou wilt serve me and keep my 
laws. 



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There came two wo-men to the king. And one 
of them said, My lord, I and this wo-men live in one 
house, and we each of us had a son. And this wo- 
man's child died 
in the night, and 
while I slept she 
came and took 
my child from 
me, and laid her 
own child by my 
side. And when 
I woke, and went 
to feed my child, 
itwasdead. And 
I knew it was not 
my son. 

It is your 
son. 

It is not; the 
child that lives 
is mine. 

The dead 
child is yours. 
In this way 

they spoke, and the king heard them, and said. Bring 
me a sword ! 

And a sword was brought to him. 




THE JUDG-MENT OF SOL-O-MON. 



Solomon, the Wise Man. 



And the king said, Cut the live child in two, 
and give half to one and half to the other. 

When the real moth-er of the child heard these 
words she cried 
out, O my lord, 
give her the 
child, but do not 
kill it. 

But the oth- 
er said, Cut it in 
half, and let it 
not be hers or 
mine. 

Then the 
king told his 
men to give the 
child to the one 
who tried to 
save its life, for 
he knew that 
she was the 
moth-er. And 
it was to find 
this out that he 
sent the men for the sword, and not to take the 
child's life. 

When Sol-o-mon had been king for four years, 




SHIPS OF SOL-O-MON. 



History of the Old Testament, 

he laid out the plan that Da-vid had made for the 
house of the Lord. 

He had a talk with Hi-ram the king of Tyre, and 
told him that it was time to build the house. And 
the king of Tyre was glad, and did all he could to 
aid him. He sent Sol-o-mon great trees from the 
woods, and sent him men to help in the work ; men 
who had skill with the ax, .and with fine tools of all 
sorts. 

The house was built of stone, and each stone was 
hewn from the rock, cut so as to fit in the wall ere 
it was brought to the place where it was to stand, so 
that no ax nor tools should be used in the house when 
it was put up. 

The walls of the rooms were in-laid with gold, 
and gems, and the floor of the place where the ark 
was kept was of pure gold, and in front of the shrine 
were loops and chains of fine gold. 

The doors of the house were made of the wood 
of the fir tree, and they were carved with great skill, 
and touched up with gold. 

It took Sol-o-mon sev-en years to build the house 
of the Lord ; and when it was done he made a feast, 
and the priests brought the ark of the Lord from 
Mount Zi-on, where Da-vid kept it. 

And all the tribes of Is-ra-el came to Je-ru-sa-lem, 
that they might be there when the ark was brought. 



Solomon, the Wise Man, 



^ And when the ark was put in its place, and the 
priests came out, there was such a cloud in the house 
that all stood still. For the Lord was in the cloud. 

Then Sol-o- 
mon stood up, and 
with raised hands 
asked him to come 
down and dwell in 
the house, and to 
dwell in men's 
hearts, that they 
might walk in the 
right way, and love 
God all their days. 

Now the fame 
of Sol-o-mon came 
to the ears of a rich I 
queen, who dwelt 
at She-ba, and she 
thought she would 
like to see if this 
man was as wise 
and rich as he was 
said to be. She '^^^^'^ ""^ '"'^■^^• 

had a long way to come, and a great train came with 
her, and these brought loads of rich spice, and 
gold and sil-ver and gems of worth. And the queen 




History of the Old Testament. 

had a talk with Sol-o-mon and he told her all she 
ought to know. 

And she said to the king, What I had heard of 
thee in my own lands I did not think could be true. 
So I came to see for my-self, and I find the half 
was not told me. So she gave rich gifts to Sol-o- 
mon, and he gave rich gifts to her, and the queen 
went back to her own land. 

Now it was thought no sin in those days for a 
man to have more than one wife. And some of Sol- 
o-mon's wives had been brought up to serve false 
gods. And it was a sin for the king to wed with 
such. And as he grew old these wives made him 
serve their Gods, and turn from the true God whom 
he .had been taught to love and fear. 

And this did not please the Lord, and he said 
that Sol-o-mon's son should not be king when Sol-o- 
mon died. For Da-vid's sake he would let him be 
a prince of two tribes all the days of his life. But 
ten tribes he would take from him. 

And foes rose up to plague Sol-o-mon, and for 
his sins he had to give up the peace and rest that 
had long been his. When he had been king for two- 
score years Sol-o-mon died, and his fame has come 
down to this day, for no man has been born in-to the 
world so wise and great as King Sol-o-mon. 



ELIJAH 



A-HAB was the last of the six kings who ruled the 
ten tribes. And he made them serve Ba-al, and 
built a house for this false god. 

These acts did not please God, so he sent E-li- 
jah, a seer, to tell A-hab that for years and years 
there should be no rain in the land. And he told 
E-li-jah to hide near a brook from which he should 
drink, and the birds of the air would bring him 
food to eat] 

E-li-jah did as the Lord told him, and he drank 
from the brook, and the birds brought him his food 
from day to day. But as there was no rain, the 
brook dried up, and there was lack of food in the land. 

So the Lord told Elijah to go to the town of Za- 
re-phath, where a wo-man dwelt who would give him 
food. 

And when E-li-jah came to the gate of the town, 
a poor wo-man drew near him to pick up some sticks. 
And he said to her, Bring me a drink, I pray thee. 

And as she went, he said, Bring me, I pray thee, 
a bit of bread in thine hand. 

Y. F. B.— 13 



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E-LI-IAH FED BY RA-VENS. 



Elijah, 



And she said, As the Lord Hves, I have no bread 
in the house, and but a hand-ful of meal, and a few- 
drops of oil. And I came out to pick up a few sticks 
that I might light the fire, and bake a small loaf for 
me and my son, that we 
may eat it and die. 

E-li-jah said. Fear 
not ; go and do as thou 
hast said. But first make 
me a small loaf, and then 
make one for thee and 
thy son. For thus saith 
the Lord, The meal shall 
not waste, nor the cruse 
of oil fail till the day the 
Lord sends rain on the 
earth. 

So the wo-man went 
her way and did as E-li- 
jah told her, and there was 
from that time no lack of 
food In her house. But 
one day her son was ill, 
and he grew worse and worse, and then died. 

When E-li-jah heard of it, he said. Give me thy 
son. And he took the child from her arms and bore 
him to his own room, and laid him on his bed. 




ELI-JAH AND THE WID-OW S CHILD. 



History of the Old Testament, 

And E-li-jah cried to the Lord, and said, O Lord, 
I pray thee let this child's soul come back to him. 

And the Lord sent back the soul of the child, 
and E-li-jah took the boy and brought him to his 
moth-er. 

And she said to E-li-jah, Now by this I know 
that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the 
Lord in thy mouth is truth. 

For three years there had been no rain in the 
land, and at the end of that time the Lord said to 
E-li-jah, Go show thy-self to A-hab, and I will send 
rain on the land. 

So E-li-jah went, and on the way he met with 
one of A-hab*s head men, who loved the Lord. He 
knew E-li-jah, and bade him turn back, for the king 
would be sure to put him to death. But E-li-jah 
said that he would show him-self to A-hab that day. 
So the man told the king that E-li-jah was near, and 
the king came out to meet him. 

And he found fault with E-li-jah, for he thought 
he was to blame for the lack of food, and for the 
long drouth. 

E-li-jah told the king to have all those he ruled 
meet in a mass at one place. And when they came 
there, E-li-jah cried out to them. How long will ye 
turn your hearts from God ? 

And he told them to prove which was the true 



Elijah, 



God, Ba-al, or E-li-jah s God. And he told them to 
bring two young bulls, and to take the flesh of one 
and lay it on the wood in front of Ba-al, and he would 
lay the flesh of the oth- 
er young bull on the 
Lord's al-tar. And he 
said. Call ye on your 
gods and I will call on 
mine, and let the God 
that sends down fire be 
the God whom we all 
shall serve. 

And they said it was 
a good plan. 

So they cried out 
from sun-rise till noon, O 
Ba-al, hear us! But 
there was no voice or 
sign that their god heard 
them. 

E-li-jah said, Cry 
with a loud voice, for he 
is a god. He may be 
asleep, or lost in thought. 

And they cried, and made a great noise, and at 
last fought with their knives till they drew blood. 

And E-li-jah said. Come near me. 




THE LIT-TLE CLOUD. 



History of the Old Testament* 

And they all came near to him. 

And E-li-jah took twelve stones, and built an al- 
tar to the Lord. And he put the flesh and the wood 
on it, and the wood was wet through and through. 

Then he cried out. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, 
and let it be known that thou art the true God. 

Then fire came down from on high and burnt up 
the flesh, and the wood and the stones, and the dust ; 
and the ground that had been made so wet was as dry 
as it could be. 

And when the crowd saw this they all bowed 
down to the ground, and said. The Lord he is God! 
The Lord he is God ! 

And they broke up the false gods, and gave their 
hearts for a while to the Lord. 

Then E-li-jah told A-hab that he might eat and 
drink, for the rain would soon set in. And he went 
to the top of a high mount to pray for rain. Not a 
cloud was in the sky. The sea was calm. But E-li- 
jah knew that he must watch, and wait, and pray, 
and the sign would come. 

At last there rose up out of the sea — that is, 
where the sea and sky seem to meet — a small cloud, 
the size of a man's hand. And soon the sky was 
black with clouds, and the wind blew, and there was 
a great storm of rain. 

Now A-hab had a bad wife, and when he told 



Elijah 



her what E-H-jah had done, she made a vow to kill 
him. 

And E-li-jah had to flee for his life. He was so 
worn out that when he came to a lone place he sat 
down in the shade of a 
tree and wished that he 
might die. While he 
slept, an an-gel drew near, 
at whose touch E-li-jah 
woke-^ And the an-gel 
said. Rise and eat. 

And E-li-jah found 
food and drink set out for 
him. And he ate and 
drank, and then lay down 
and slept. And the an- 
gel came once more, and 
bade E-li-jah eat, that he 
might have strength to go 
on his way. And he sat 
up, and ate the food the 
Lord had sent, and it gave 
him such strength that he 
went with-out food for more than a month. And 
at the end of that time he came to Mount Ho-reb. 
And he went to a cave and lay down and slept there. 

And the Lord spoke to him, and said, Why art 




E-U-JAH AND KING A-HAB. 



History of the Old Testament, 



thou here, E-H-jah ? And E-li-jah said the chil-dren 
of Is-ra-el had not kept their word, but had gone 

back to their false 
gods, and slain all 
those who sought 
to turn them from 
their sins. And I 
have fled from 
them, said E-li-jah, 
for they seek my 
life. 

The Lord said. 
Go forth, and stand 
on the mount. And 
there came a great 
wind that split the 
high hills, and 
broke up the rocks. 
But the Lord was 
not in the wind. 

Then the earth 
shook, so that there 
was no firm ground 

E-LIJAHINTHEWIL-DER-NESS. ^^ which tO Walk; 

and smoke came up out of the great cracks that were 
made. But the Lord was not in the earth-quake. 
Then there came a still, small voice. When E-li- 




Elijah, 



jah heard it he hid his face in his cloak, and went 
out and stood at the door of the cave. 

And the voice said, 
Why art thou here, E-h- 
jah? And E-H-jah said 
that he fled from those 
who sought to kill him. 
And the Lord told him 
to leave the cave, and go 
back, and pour oil on the 
head of E-li-sha, who 
was to take his place. 

And E-li-jah found 
E-li-sha at work with 
the plough in a large 
field. And as he went 
by him he threw his 
cloak round E-li-sha, 

And E-li-sha knew 
that this meant he must 
leave all and go with 
E-li-jah. And he went 
home to bid fare-well to 

hi ,1 1 E-Ll-JAH GaES TO HEAV-EN. 

IS dear ones there, and 

then came back to be near E-li-jah and to wait on him. 

Now the time drew near when E-li-jah was to 

leave the earth. And he and E-li-sha stood near 




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the shore of the Jor-dan. And E-li-jah took his 
cloak and struck the waves, and they made a wall 
on each side, and the two men went through on dry 
land. And as they stood on the oth-er side, E-li-jah 
said to E-li-sha, Ask what I shall do for thee, ere I 
leave thee. 

And E-li-sha said, Let me, I pray thee, be twice 
as good and wise as thou. 

E-li-jah said. Thou dost ask a hard thing. But 
if thou dost see me when the Lord takes me from 
thee, then it shall be so. But if thou dost not see, 
then it shall not be so. 

So they went on, and while they yet spoke, there 
came a great light in the sky, and the clouds took on 
strange forms. And E-li-jah was caught up as if by 
a whirl-wind, and E-li-sha cried out as he saw him 
pass through the sky, but he was soon out of sights 
and E-li-sha saw him no more. 



ELISHA 



As E-li-jah rose trom the earth he let his cloak 
fall on E-li-sha. And E-li-sha went down to the 
Jor-dan, and took the cloak and struck the waves, 



Elisha. 



and they stood up on each side, so that he went 
a-cross dry shod. And it was made known to all 
the seers and wise men that E-h-sha had been called 
to fill E-li-jah s place, 
and he gave proof 
that the Lord was 
with him. 

As E-li-sha went 
from Jer-i-cho to 
Beth-el, some young 
folks ran out and 
made fun of him, and 
cried. Go up, thou 
bald head! Go up, 
thou bald head ! 

E-li-sha turned 
back, and asked the 
Lord to take them in 
hand. So the Lord 
sent two great bears 
out of the wood, and 
they fell on the chil- 
dren and tore over 
two-score of them. 



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THE CHILD-REN OF BETH-EL. 



One day E-li-sha came to Shu-nem, where a rich 
wo-man dwelt. And she bade him come in and eat. 
And as oft as he went that way, he made it a rule 



History of the Old Testament. 

to stop and take the food and drink she set out 
for him. 

And she had a room built for him on the side of 
her house, and put a bed and a chair in it, that he 
might go in and out as he chose, and have a place 
to rest in. 

And one day when he was in this room, he sent 
for the wo-man to come to him. And he said to 
her, What can I do to pay thee for all thy kind care 
of us? Shall I speak to the king for thee? She 
said there was no need, that she sought no pay, and 
then left the room. 

E-li-sha said to his man. What is there that I can 
do for her? 

And the man said. She has no child. 

And E-li-sha said. Call her. And she came 
back and stood at the door. And when the man of 
God told her that she should have a son, she thought 
he did not speak the truth. 

And the word of the Lord came true, for in less 
than a year she had a son. 

And the child grew up, and went out one day to 
the field to see the men reap the corn. And while 
he was there he felt sick, and cried out to his fath-er, 
My head ! my head ! 

And his fath-er said to a lad, Take the boy home 
to his moth-er. And she took him, and he sat in 



Elisha, 

her lap till noon, and then died. And she took 
the boy to E-li-sha's room, and laid him on the bed 
of the man of God, and then went out and shut 
the door. 

Then she sent for one of the young men, and had 
him bring an ass to the door, and she got on the ass, 
and bade the man drive as fast as he could till she 
told him to stop. 

She went till she came near Mount Car-mel. 
And E-li-sha saw her, and sent Ge-ha-zi out to meet 
her, and to ask her if it was well with her and with 
the child. And she said to him. It is well. 

But when she came to E-li-sha she fell at his feet, 
and Ge-ha-zi drew near to push her from the man of 
God. 

But E-li-sha said. Touch her not. She is in 
great grief, and the Lord has hid it from me and not 
told me of it. 

And the wo-man said. Did I ask thee for a son } 
Then he knew that the boy was dead. 

Then E-li-sha said to Ge-ha-zi, Take my staff, and 
go thy way with all speed. Stop to speak to no one. 
And lay my staff on the face of the child. 

And the moth-er of the child said. As the Lord 
lives, I will not leave thee. And E-li-sha rose and 
went with her, while Ge-ha-zi ran on a-head. And 
he laid the staff on the face of the child, but the child 



History of the Old Testament. 

did not speak nor hear. And he ran out to meet 
E-H-sha and to tell him the lad did not wake. 

And when E-li-sha came to the house he found 
the child dead, and laid on his bed. So he went in 
the room and shut the door, and prayed to the Lord. 

Then he got on the bed, and lay on the child till 
his flesh grew warm. Then he left the room for a- 
while to walk up and down, and when he went back 
he lay on the child till its breath came back, and it 
gave signs of life. 

And he sent for the moth-er. And when she 
came to the room he said. Take up thy son. And 
she fell at the feet of E-li-sha, with thanks too deep 
for words, and then took her son in her arms and 
went out. 

There was a man in Sy-ri-a, who took charge of 
all the troops that went to war with the king. This 
man's name was Na-a-man, and he had done brave 
deeds, for which he held high rank, and was much 
thought of. But this man fell ill, and none but those 
of his own house would go near him. And there 
was no cure for him. But his wife had a maid to 
wait on her. And this maid said that if Na-a-man 
would go to E-li-sha she was sure that he would cure 
him. 

And Na-a-man came down to Sa-ma-ri-a with a 
note from his own king to the king of Is-ra-el 



Elisha, 



When the king of Is-ra-el read the note he was very 
wroth, and said, Am I God that I can bring the 
dead to life? For he thought that it was but a trick 
to bring on a 
war. 

When E-H. 
sha heard that 
the king rent his 
clothes, he sent 
word to have 
Na-a-man come 
to him. 

And Na-a- 
man drove up in 
fine style, and 
stood at the door 
of E-li-sha's 
house. AndE-li- 
sha sent word to 
him to bathe at 
the Jor-dan sev- 
en times, and he 
would be made 

•Yy^]] E-LI-SHA AND THE CHILD. 

This put Na-a-man in a rage, for he thought that 
li-h-sha would come out to him and call on the name 
ot God, and touch him so as to heal him. 




History of the Old Testament. 

And he said, Are there not streams in Darmas- 
cus in which I can bathe and be made well ? And 
he went off in a rage. 

But some of his men drew near, and said, My 
lord, if he had bid thee do some great thing wouldst 
thou not have done it ? Why not then do as he says, 
and wash and be clean ? 

And Na-a-man gave heed to their words and 
went down to the Jor-dan. And he took sev-en 
baths, and then his flesh grew as soft and pink as 
the flesh of a child, and health and strength came 
back to him. And Na-a-man went back to E-li-sha's 
house, he and all his men, and he said, Now I know 
there is no God in all the earth but the God of Is- 
ra-el. 

Now the time drew near when E-li-sha was to 
die. And the king, Jo-ash, came to see him as he 
lay sick in bed 

And E-li-sha said. Take the bow and the darts. 
And the king took them. And E-li-sha said, Put 
thy hands on the bow. And the king did so, and 
E-li-sha put his hands on the king's hands. Then 
E-li-sha said. Throw wide the east win-dow. And 
when this was done he said shoot. And the king 
shot; and E-li-sha told him that he should set Is-ra- 
el free from its foes. 

Then he said to the king, Take the darts. And 



Elisha, 



he took them. And E-H-sha said, Strike them on 
the ground. And the king struck them on the 
ground three times, and no more. 

And the 
man of God was 
wroth with him, 
and said, Thou 
shouldst have 
struck five or 
six times, for 
then thou 
wouldst have 
laid the Sy-ri- 
ans low, now 
thou shalt smite 
them but three 
times. 

And E-li- 
sha died, and 
was laid in the 
ground. And 
one day as some 
of the folks 
went out with a dead man to lay him in the grave 
that was dug for him, they saw a band of thieves 
from the land of Mo-ab and did not dare to go on. 
So they put the dead man in the grave where E-li- 

Y. F. B.— 14 




THE AR-ROW OF DE-LIV-ER-ANCE. 



History of the Old Testament. 

sha lay. And as soon as the corpse touched the 
bones of E-H-sha the man came to Hfe and stood 
on his feet. 

JONAH, THE MAN WHO TRIED TO HIDE 

FROM GOD 



There was a seer in Is-ra-el whose name was 
Jo-nah. And the Lord told Jo-nah to go to Nin-e- 
veh, a large town where there was great need of good 
men. But Jo-nah did not care to go there, so he 
ran down to Jop-pa and found a ship there that would 
set sail for Tar-shish in a few days. So he paid his 
fare, and went on board the ship to go to Tar-shish. 
where he seemed to think the Lord would not find 
him. 

But as soon as the ship was well on its way, the 
Lord sent forth a great wind, and the waves rose 
high, and the storm beat the ship, and it was blown 
here and there as if it were a toy. And those on 
board of her were in great fear, and cried out to their 
gods, and threw all the goods that were in the ship 
in-to the sea, so that she would not sink. 

Jo-nah was down in the hold, where he lay and 
slept, though the storm was so fierce. 

And the one who had charge of the ship came 



Jonah, the Man who Tried to Hide from God. 

to him and said, What does this mean? Rise, and 
call on thy God to save us from ship-wreck. 

And the rest of the men said, Come, and let us 
cast lots that we 
may know who 
is to blame for 
this. 

So they cast 
lots, and the lot 
fell on Jo-nah. 
And they said 
to him, Tell us, 
we pray thee, 
who has brought 
on us these ills. 
What is thy 
trade.? where 



dost thou come 
from? where 
dost thou live? 
and of what tribe 
art thou ? 




And he said 



JO-NAH IN THE STORM, 



I am a ]&w, and have fled from the Lord who made 

the sea and sky. 

And the men were in great fear and said, Why 
hast thou done this thing? And what shall we do 



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to thee that the sea may be still for us? For the 
waves were rough, and the winds blew a gale. 

And Jo-nah said to the men, Take me up and 
cast me in-to the sea ; then shall the sea be calm for 
you, for I know it is for my sake that this great storm 
has come up-on you. 

The men did not want to drown Jo-nah, so they 
tried their best to bring the ship to land, but could 
not. 

Then they cried to the Lord, O Lord, we pray 
thee, count it no sin to us that we take this man's 
life, for thou, O Lord, hast sent this storm on us for 
some of his sins. 

So they took up Jo-nah, and cast him in-to the 
sea, and the sea grew still and calm. 

And when the men saw this they were in great 
fear, and brought gifts to the Lord, and made vows 
that they would serve him. 

Now the Lord had sent a great fish to the side 
of the ship to take Jo-nah in-to its mouth as soon as 
he was thrown in-to the sea. 

And Jo-nah was in-side the fish for three days 
and three nights. And he prayed to the Lord while 
he was in the fish ; and cried to God to help him, and 
to blot out his sins. And God heard him, and bade 
the fish throw him up on the dry land. 

Then the Lord spoke to Jo-nah once more, and 



Jonah, the Man who Tried to Hide from God, 

said, Rise, and goto Nin-e-veh, and preach to it as I 
bid thee. 

And Jo-nah rose and went. 

And when God saw them turn from their sins and 
pray to him, he did not do to Nin-e-veh as he said 
he would. 

But this did not please Jo-nah. He thought that 
Nin-e-veh should be brought low, for those who dwelt 
there were not good friends to the Jews. Then, too, 
Jo-nah's pride was hurt, for he knew that men would 
laugh at him, and have no faith in what he said, so 
he went out of the town and sat down by the road- 
side. 

And God made a vine to grow up there in one 
night, that Jo-nah might sit in its shade and find rest 
from his grief. And Jo-nah was glad when he saw 
the gourd. The next morn God sent a worm to gnaw 
the root of the vine, and it soon dried up. 

When the sun rose God sent a hot wind, and the 
sun beat on Jo-nah's head so that he grew sick and 
fell in a faint. And he was wroth, and had no wish 
to live. 

And God said to Jo-nah, Is it well for thee to be 
in such grief for the loss of a gourd ? 

And Jo-nah said. Yes. There was good cause 
why he should feel as he did and long to die. 

Then the Lord said to him, Thou wouldst have 



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had me spare this vine which cost thee nought, and 
which grew up in a night and died in a night. And 
why should I not spare Nin-e-veh — that great town — 
in which are hosts and hosts of young folks who do 
not know their right hand from their left? 

So God put Jo-nah to shame, and made him see 
what a sin it was to wish to crush Nin-e-veh just to 
please his own self and for fear men would laugh at 
him. 

And Jo-nah found out, what we all need to learn, 
that it is of no use to try to hide from God. 



DANIEL 



There was a king of Bab-y-lon whose name was 
Neb-u-chad-nez-zar. And he sent one of his chief 
men to choose some of the young Jews who had 
been well brought up, that they might wait on him. 

The chief chose four youths whose names were 
Dan-i-el, Sha-drach, Me-shach and A-bed-ne-go. 
And these were brought to Bab-y-lon, that they 
might be taught as the king wished. 

And the Lord was with these four young men, 



Daniel, 



and made them wise, and strong in mind, and fair 
of face. 

When they had been taught for three years they 
were brought 
to the king's 
house. And 
the king kept 
them near 
him, and 
made use of 
them, for he 
found that 
they knew ten 
times more 
than all the 
wise men in 
the whole 
realm. 

One night 
the king had 
a dream that 
woke him out 
of his sleep. 
And he sent 

- Ill • YiY^G NEB-U-CHAD-NEZ-ZAR. 

tor all the Wise 

men — those who could read stars, and those who 

could work charms — to tell what the dream meant. 




History of the Old Testament, 

And they all came, but none of them could tell 
the dream that had gone out of the king s own head. 
And no king, they said, would ask such a thing of 
wise men. 

The king was wroth at this and gave word that 
all the wise men should be put to death. And they 
sought Dan-i-el and his friends, that they might kill 
them. 

Dan-i-el said, Why is there such haste? And 
when he was told he went in to the king and said if 
he would give him time he would make his dream 
clear to him. 

In the night God showed the kings dream to 
Dan-i-el, and all that it meant was made clear to him. 
And Dan-i-el gave praise and thanks to God who 
had been so good to him. 

Then he went to the chief, and told him not to 
slay the wise men, but to bring him in to the king. 

Then Dan-i-el told the king his dream, and all 
that would come to pass, and when the king heard 
it he fell on his face before Dan-i-el and said to him. 
It is true that your God is a God of gods, and a 
Lord of kings, and that nought is hid from him, since 
thou hast told me this dream. 

And the king made Dan-i-el a great man, and 
gave him rich gifts, and put him at the head of all 
the wise men in the land. 



Daniel. 



Now king Neb-u-chad-nez-zat made a great god 
out of gold, and set it on one of the plains of Bab-y-lon. 

And one of the king's men cried out with a loud 
voice, and said 
it was the king's 
law that all 
should bow 
down to the god 
of gold that he 
had set up. And 
those who did 
not bow down 
were to be thrown 
in-to a great hot 
fire and burnt 
up. 

And some 
men brought 
word to the king 
that the three 
Jews would not 
serve his gods, 
or bow down 

. . 1 • c neb-u-chad-nez-zar's dream. 

to this one oi 

gold which he had set up. 

These three men were brought to the king, and 
he said to them, Is it true, O Sha-drach, Me-shach, 




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and A-bed-ne-go that ye will not serve my gods or 
bow down to the one of gold which I have set up ? 
And he said he would give them one more chance, and 
if they did not bow down when they heard the Ccxll, 
they should be cast in the same hour in-to the flames. 
The three Jews said to the king, Be it known to thee 
now that we will not serve thy gods, nor bow down 
to the new one thou hast set up. And if we are cast 
in the fire, the God whom we serve will save us from 
death and bring us out of thy hands, O king. 

Then was the king in a great rage, and he sent 
word that a fierce fire should be made. And the 
three Jews were bound and thrown in-to the flames 
with all their clothes on. And the fire was so hot 
and they went so near that sparks flew out and killed 
the men who took up Sha-drach, Me-shach and A- 
bed-ne-go. 

These three Jews fell down in the midst of the 
flames, but soon rose to their feet, and the Lord 
would not let the flames burn them. 

When the king saw this he rose in great haste 
and said to his chiefs, Did we not cast three men 
bound in the midst of the fire ? 

And they said, True, O king. 

And the king said, Lo, I see four men loose, and 
they walk through the flames and are not hurt, and 
the form of the fourth is like to the son of God. 



Daniel, 



Then the king came to the door of the cage of 
fire and said to Sha-drach, Me-shach and A-bed-ne- 
go, Ye who serve the most high God, come forth, 
and come here. 

And the 
three young 
Jews came forth 
out of the midst 
of the fire, and 
not a hair of 
their head was 
singed, nor were 
their clothes 
harmed, nor 
was the smell of 
fire on them. 

And the 
king praised the 
God who had 
shown that he 



w 



ould 




save 



DWELL-ING WITH THE BEASTS. 



from death 

those who put their trust in him. And the king 
made it a law that those who spoke ill of the God of 
Sha-drach, Me-shach, and A-bed-ne-go should be 
put to death, and their homes torn down, for there 
was no God who could save as he could. 



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For a while the king served God and gave him 
praise for all he had done for him. But men who 
thought to please the king, spoke of his great wealth 
and praised all that he did, so that he grew vain and 
proud, and thought more of him-self than he did of 
God. 

And the king had a dream that made him shake 
with fear, and he sent for Dan-i-el. And Dan-i-el 
feared to tell the king the truth. But the king told 
him to speak out. Then Dan-i-el told him what 
would take place. 

And it all came on king Neb-u-chad-nez-zar. In 
the same hour his mind left him and he was not fit 
to reign. So he was thrust out of doors, and did eat 
grass with the beasts of the fields. \nd he lay on 
the ground, and was wet with the dews, and his hair 
grew so long that his flesh could not be seen, and his 
nails were like bird's claws. 

And at the end of the sev-en years Neb-u-chad- 
nez-zar raised his eyes to God, and his mind came 
back to him, and he spoke in praise of the most High. 

And Neb-u-chad-nez-zar was made king once 
more, and grew strong and great, and gave the praise 
to God ; the King of kings, who could raise up those 
who were down, and bringdown those who were full 
of pride. 

When Neb-u-chad-nez-zar died, a new king was 



History of the Old Testament, 

on the throne of Bab-y-lon whose name was Bel-shaz- 
zar. And Bel-shaz-zar made a great feast, and much 
wine was drunk. And the king sent for the rich cups 
which his fath-er had brought from the Lord's house 
in Je-ru-sa-lem. And he and all at the feast drank 
from these cups, which was a great sin. 

In the midst of the feast there came forth a man's 
hand, that wrote on the wall of the king's house. 

And the king saw the hand, and was in great 
fear, and sent at once for all his wise men. 

But none of them could read what was on the 
wall, and the king knew not what to do. Then 
Dan-i-el was sent for, and the king said he should 
have great wealth and high rank if he could read the 
words on the wall. 

Dan-i-el said. Keep thy gifts, O king, and give 
thy fees to some one else. Yet will I read the words 
on the wall and tell you what they mean. For the 
God who gives thee life and takes care of thee, 
thou hast no word of praise. And so God sent 
this hand to write on the wall. 

Me-ne, Me-ne, Te-kel, U-phar-sin, 

which means that thy reign as king is at an end. 

When Dan-i-el had told what the hand wrote on 
the wall, and what the words meant, Bel-shaz-zar bade 
his men clothe him in red, and put a gold chain on 



History of the Old Testament, 

his neck, and make it known that he was to be third 
in rank from the king. 

That same night Bel-shaz-zar was slain, and Da- 
ri-us took his place on the throne 

Now Da-ri-us was pleased with Dan-i-el, and 
thought him such a wise and good man that he made 
him chief of a large force of men who held high rank. 
And this made these men hate Dan-i-el, and they 
tried to find out some ill that he had done that they 
might tell it to the king. But they could find no 
fault in him. Then they thought of a way in which 
they could harm him. 

They came to the king and asked him to make a 
law that if one should ask help of God or man for 
one month, he should be cast in-to a den of li-ons. 

They might ask help of the king, but of no one 
else. 

And the king told them to write down this law, 
and he put his name to it. 

When Dan-i-el heard of the law which the king 
had sent out he went to his home and knelt down 
three times a day with his face to Je-ru-sa-lem, 
and gave thanks to God first as he had done all 
his life. 

And the men who were on the watch to catch 
him in some crime, drew near his house and heard 
him pray to his God. So they went and told the 



Daniel, 



king, and the king was wroth to think he had made 
such a law. And he tried his best to save Dan-i-el. 
But the men held him to his word, and said it would 
not do for him to change a law that had been made. 

Then the 
king bade them 
bring Dan-i-el 
and cast him in 
the den of wild 
beasts. And 
he said to Dan- 
i-el, Thy God, 
whom thou dost 
serve so well, 
will be sure to 
save thee. 

And a stone 
was brought 
and laid on the 
mouth of the 
den. 

Then the 

king went to his own house, but would take no food, 
nor did he sleep all that night. And at dawn he 
rose and went in haste to the den of wild beasts. 
And as he drew near he cried out with a sad voice, O 
Dan-i-el, canst thy God save thee from the li-ons? 




ROCK GRAVE OF DA-RI-US. 



V F B. 



■15 



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And Dan-i-el said, O king, my God hath shut the 
H-ons' mouths so that they have not hurt me, since 
I had done no wrong in his sight nor in thine, O king. 

Then the king 
was glad, and bade 
his men take Dan-i-el 
out of the den. And 
when he was brought 
out, there was not a 
scratch found on him, 
for his trust w^as in 
God, and God took 
care of him. 

Then the king 
had those men who 
found fault with 
Dan-i-el, thrown in- 
to the den — they and 
their wives, and their 
chil-dren — and the 
cv-Rus, KING OK PER-siA. wiH bcasts wcrc quick 

to eat them up. 
Then Da-ri-us made a law that all men should 
serve the God of Dan-i-el, who was the one true God. 
When Da-ri-us died, Cy-rus was made king. 




THE GOOD QUEEN ESTHER 



Far back in the past, wise men had fore-told that 
the Jews would be kept out of Je-ru-sa-lem for three- 
score and ten years, and at the end of that time a 
king, Cy-rus, would let them go back to the land they 
came from. And he did so. 

Not all the Jews went back to their own land, 
but some of them made their homes in Per-si-a and 
else-where. And King A-has-u-e-rus was on the 
throne. 

In the third year of his reign he made a great 
feast. 

And he sent for Vash-ti, the queen, to throw off 
her veil and let his guests see how fair she was. 

But Vash-ti would not do it. 

Then the king was in a rage, and said to his 
wise men, What shall we do to Queen Vash-ti to 
make her know that the king s will is her law ? 

And the wise men said, Vash-ti hath done wrong 
to the king and to all the lords of the land. 

For when this is told, wives will not do as their 
liege lords wish. They will say, The king sent word 



History of the Old Testament. 

for Vash-ti, the queen, to be brought to him, but she 
came not. Let the king make a law and put Vash- 
ti from him and choose a new queen, that all wives, 
great and small, may take heed and do as they are 
told. 

The king and all the lords thought these were 
wise words. And the king made it a law that a man 
should rule in his own house. 

Then some of the king's men, whose place it was 
to wait on him, came to him and said it would be 
a good plan for him to have all the fair maids in the 
land brought to his house, that he might choose one 
of them to be queen, in the place of Vash-ti. 

And the king did as they said. 

Now there was a Jew in the king's house, whose 
name was Mor-de-ca-i. He was a poor man, and 
was there to wait on the king. 

And there was a maid named Es-ther, who was 
one of his kins-folk. And she was ''fair of face, and 
full of grace.'' 

And when the word went forth from the king, 
scores and scores of fair young maids came to the 
king's house, and Es-ther came with them. And 
one of the king's men had them all in his charge. 

This man was so pleased with Es-ther that he was 
more kind to her than he was to the rest, and sent 
maids to wait on her, and put her and her maids 




ES-THER AND THE KING, 



History of the Old Testament. 

in the best part of the house where the wo-men were. 
But Es-ther had not let it be known that her folks 
were Jews, for Mor-de-ca-ihad told her not to tell it. 

As soon as the king saw Es-ther he fell in love 
with her, and set the crown on her head, and made 
her queen in the place of Vash-ti. 

Then the king made a great feast, and gave gifts 
to the poor for the new queen's sake. And she had 
not yet made it known that her folks were Jews. 

Now two of the king's men, who stood on guard 
at the doors of his house, were wroth with the king 
and sought to kill him. 

And their plot was known to Mor-de-ca-i, who 
was a watch-man at the king s gate. And he told it 
to Es-ther, and she told it to the king, and both of 
the men were hung. And what Mor-de-ca-i had 
done to save the king s life was put down in a book. 

And in this same book was set down all that took 
place in the king's reign. 

Now there was in the king s house a man whose 
name was Ha-man. And the king gave him a high 
place, and bade those of low rank bow down to 
Ha-man. 

But the Jew at the gate would not bow when 
Ha-man went in and out. And the rest of the men 
who stood by told Ha-man of it. 

Now Ha-man was a vain man, and when he saw 



The Good Queen Esther^ 

that Mor-de-ca-1 did not bow to him as the rest did 
he was full of wrath. It had been made known to 
him that Mor-de-ca-i was a Jew. 

And so he told the king if he would make a law 
that all the Jews should be put to death, he would 
give him a large sum of gold and sil-ver. 

The king heard what Ha-man said, and then 
took his ring from his hand and gave it to Ha- 
man, and told him to do with the Jews as he thought 
best. The king gave him his ring that he might use 
it as a seal. And Ha-man set the scribes to work, 
and they wrote just what he told them, in the king's 
name. And when the wax was put at the end with 
the king s seal on it, it was the same as if the whole 
had been writ by the king's own hand. 

Men were sent out in haste to make the law 
known through-out the land, that all the Jews in 
Per-si-a were to be slain. And when this was done 
Ha-man and the king sat down to drink wine. 

When Mor-de-ca-i heard of the law that Ha-man 
had made, he rent his clothes and put on sack-cloth, 
and went out and cried with a loud cry. And he 
came and stood in front of the king's gate, though he 
could not pass through, for it was the law that none 
should pass who wore sack-cloth. And all through 
the land the Jews were in deep grief, so full of 
tears that they could eat no food; and not a few 



History of the Old Testament, 

of them put on sack-cloth to show the depth of 
their woe. 

Queen Es-ther had not heard of the law, but her 
maids came and told her of the state Mor-de-ca-i was 
in. And her grief was great, and she sent food and 
clothes to him, and bade the men take the sack-cloth 
from him. But Mor-de-ca-i would take nought from 
their hands, nor change his clothes. 

Then the queen sent one of her head men. Ha- 
tach, to ask Mor-de-ca-i what was the cause of his 
grief, and why he had put on sack-cloth. 

And Mor-de-ca-i told Ha-tach of the law that had 
been made, and what a large sum Ha-man had said 
he would give to the king if he would kill off all the 
Jews in the land. 

And he told Ha-tach to tell the queen, and to 
show her what the scribes wrote, and bid her see the 
king and ask him to save the Jews. 

And Ha-tach took the word to the queen.. 

Es-ther bade him tell her kins-man that it was 
well known that those who went in to the king when 
they had not been sent for, would be put to death. 
But if the king held out his gold wand it was a sign 
that he would spare their lives. The king has not 
sent for me for a month, said she. How then can I 
go to him ? 

Mor-de-ca-i sent back word to the queen to think 



The Good Queen Esther. 



not that the king would spare her Hfe if the Jews were 
put to death. And it might be that God had put her 
in the place she held 



that she might keep 
the Jews at this time. 

Then Es-ther sent 
word to him that he 
and all the Jews in the 
king's court should fast 
and pray for her, and 
not eat or drink for 
three days and three 
nights. 

I and my maids 
will do the same, said 
the queen, and I will 
go in to the king in 
spite of the law; and 
if I die, I die in a 
good cause. 

So on the third dav 
after the queen put 
on her rich robes, and 
went in and stood 
ve-ry near to the throne on which the king sat. 

And when the king saw her, God put it in-to his 
heart to be kind, and he held out to her the gold 




ES-THEK AT SH US-HAN. 



History of the Old Testament, 

wand that was in his hand. And the queen drew 
near, and touched the tip of the wand. 

Then the king said, What wilt thou, Queen Es- 
ther? and what wouldst thou ask of me? Were it 
half of my. realm I would give it to thee. 

The queen said. If it please the king, I would 
like him and Ha-man to come this day to a feast I 
have made for them. 

And the king bade Ha-man make haste, and 
they both went to the feast. And while they drank 
the wine the king told the queen to make known her 
wish. 

But she put him off and said she would tell him 
the next day, if he and Ha-man would come to the 
feast that she would spread for them. 

And Ha-man's heart was full of pride, since the 
queen chose him and no one else to feast with her 
and the king. And when he went out he felt that 
all men ought to bow down to him. But Mor-de- 
ca-i would not. And Ha-man told all his friends 
how kind the king and queen were to him, and 
what high rank he held, and said that his life would 
be full of joy if it were not for the Jew at the king's 
gate. 

Ha-man's wife told him to fix a rope to a tall 
tree, and speak to the king the next day and have 
him hang the Jew. And Ha-man made a slip-noose 



The Good Queen Esther, 

at the end of a rope, and had the rope made fast to 
a tall tree. 

Now that night the king could not sleep. And 
he sent for the book ia which was put down all that 
took place in the realm, and had it read to him. 
And when he who read came to the part which told 
what Mor-de-ca-i had done to save the king s life, the 
king said, How has Mor-de-ca-i been paid for this 
deed? 

And the man said he had had nought, and still 
kept watch at the king's gate. 

Then the king heard a step and sent one of 
his men to see who it was. 

Now Ha-man had come to the king s house to 
ask him to hang Mor-de-ca-i. And the man came 
back and said that Ha-man stood in the court. And 
the king said, Let him come in. 

So Ha-man came in. And the king said to him, 
What shall be done to the man who has won the 
praise of the king? 

And Ha-man thought, That means me, of course, 
and no one else. 

And he said to the king, Let the robes be brought 
that the king wears, and the horse he rides, and the 
crown which is set on his head. And let the robes 
and the crown be put on the man whom the king has 
m mind, and bring him on horse-back through the 



History of the Old Testament, 

street of the town, and have men cry out, Thus shall 
it be done to the man who has won the praise of the 
king. 

And the king said to Ha-man, Make haste and 
take the robes and the horse as thou hast said, and 
do thus and no less to the Jew at the kings gate. 

But Ha-man went home, and was full of shame. 
And he told his wife and his friends of his hard fate. 
And while they yet spake the king's men came for 
him to go to the queen's feast. And while they ate 
and drank, the king bade the queen make known her 
wish. Ask what thou wilt ; were it half my realm, I 
would give it to thee. 

The^ the queen said, If it please thee, O king, 
take my life and spare the lives of all the Jews. For 
we have been sold and the truth has not been told ol 
us, and we are to be put to death. The king said, 
Who is he, and where is he who has dared to do 
this thing? 

And the queen told him It was Ha-man. And 
Ha-man was in great fear as he stood face to face 
with the king and queen. 

The king rose in great wrath and went out of 
doors, and when he came in he saw Ha-man at the 
feet of the queen, where he went to beg her to save 
his life. 

And when the king was shown the rope and the 



The Good Queen Esther. 

tree on which Ha-man meant to hang Mor-de-ca-i 
he said, Hang him on it. And they hung Ha-man, 
and the king's wrath left him. 

And on the same day the king gave Ha-man's 
house to Es-ther, and Mor-de-ca-i was brought in to 
the king, who had been told that he was a kins-man 
of the queen. And the king gave him the ring which 
Ha-man had worn, and the queen put him at the 
head of the house in which Ha-man had dwelt. 

But Es-ther was still sad at heart be-cause of the 
law that had been made, that all the Jews in the land 
should be put to death. And she went in once 
more to the king — though he had not sent for her 
— and fell down at his feet in tears. Then the king 
held out the wand of gold, and the queen rose, and 
stood be-fore the king and asked him to change the 
law and save the lives of the Jews. 

The king could not change the law, but he told 
Es-ther and Mor-de-ca-i to make a law that would 
please them and sign it with the king's seal. So they 
made a law that the Jews should kill all those who 
came to do them harm. And when Mor-de-cai 
came out from his talk with the king he had on a 
robe of blue and white, such as the king wore, and 
a gold crown on his head. 

And all the Jews were glad; and when the day 
came that Ha-man had set for the Jews to be slain, 



History of the Old Testament. 

the Jews went out and fought for their lives and put 
their foes to rout. And grief gave place to joy, and 
a feast was held for two days. This feast was called 
the Feast of Pu-rim, which the Jews keep to this 
day. 

The Jews who had gone to Je-ru-sa-lem to build 
up its walls were still at work there. But there were 
foes to watch, and the poor Jews found fault with 
the rich ones, and there was strife in their midst 
from year to year. But when Ne-he-mi-ah went to 
their aid the Lord gave him strength to set things 
straight, and in a year the new wall was built and 
the gate put up. Then there was a great feast, and 
all the Jews gave praise and thanks to God. 

But they went back to their sins, and did not 
serve God as they ought. And kings fought for Je- 
ru-sa-lem and took it from their hands and made the 
Jews their slaves. 

And at last the Ro-mans came and took Je-ru-sa- 
lem and broke down its walls, and made the Jews 
serve them. And He-rod, who had led the Ro-mans 
to war, was made their king. He was a fierce, bad 
man, who would let no one rule but him-self. He 
put his own wife and two of his sons to death, and 
did all that he could to make folks hate and fear him. 

He tried to make the Jews think that he was one of 
their race, but he was not. He thought it would 



7^ he Good Queen Esther, 

please them if he built up their House of God, so he 
set men to work to tear down the old and to put up 
the new, and they made use of much gold and sil-ver 
and fine white stones. 

There was no ark to put in it, for that had been 
lost, but a large stone was put in the place where the 
ark should have been. 

And it took He-rod more than nine years to build 
this House of God on the top of Mount Mo-ri-ah. 
And the way up to it was by a long flight of steps. 

This ends the Old Tes-ta-ment, which was made 
up of all the books that were kept by all the scribes 
from the time the world was^ made. 




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PRACTICAL LESSONS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 

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THE BIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 

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THE CAPITOL COOK BOOK. 

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THE STORY OF AMERICAN HEROISM. 

As told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor men. A remarkable collection of 
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